Graphic Designer

Alpha Drop Ventures is building the standard layer for cultural commerce. At the center is DROPZ, our core platform. Around it sit the brands we build and own, like Cipher Noir, which set the bar for what credible culture-led product looks like. One ecosystem, one standard, many surfaces. We are pre-launch, raising, and moving fast with people who could be doing easier things somewhere else and chose this instead. We need someone to give every drop its visual identity.

The Role

You own the visual system for every release. Social, ads, web, packaging, all of it. Every asset either makes a drop feel inevitable or makes it feel like everyone else. There is no inconsistent execution here.

• Build distinct visual identities for in-house drops and collaborations, developing typography, palettes, and motifs, then turning them into templates that keep every asset aligned across the full release
• Design social and marketing graphics that turn a brief into multiple strong directions, exported clean and platform-ready, telling the drop story clearly
• Create paid ad creatives across angles, placements, and formats, structuring source files so the team can test, refresh, and scale without rebuilding from scratch
• Support packaging and unboxing visuals, preparing print-ready files with correct dielines, bleeds, and production notes
• Keep website visuals consistent with the DROPZ language, designing banners, thumbnails, and product visuals that feel cohesive end to end
• Maintain design hygiene across every asset, organising files by drop and channel, naming versions clearly, and documenting decisions so handoffs are clean
• Build reusable components, layout systems, and export presets that let the team ship high volume without lowering the bar

What This Actually Is

This is a founding team role. That means more than a title.

• You will not always get a clean brief. You make design decisions with incomplete context and refine from feedback without losing momentum
• Your work ships across social, ads, web, and packaging while the brand and the product are still being sharpened
• Feedback is direct and unfiltered. You hear clearly when something is off and when it lands, and you are expected to handle both calmly
• You will help define the visual identity of every drop before there is a mature system to lean on. That is the rare part of this role and the demanding part

If you want fixed lanes and a manager who checks in twice a week, this is the wrong room, and that is fine.

How We Build And What Sets You Apart

We are here to build something, not make noise around something. We hold a high bar and we hold it together. The role gets you hired. This is what makes you matter here.

• You see the inconsistency before anyone flags it and fix the off-brand asset before it ships
• You protect the core brand rules even while building fresh identities for each drop, so variety never becomes visual chaos
• You build things that outlast the task. Templates, systems, and presets, not just individual assets
• You understand production realities and prepare files correctly for print and digital without anyone having to check your work
• No passive feedback, no dropped context, no low effort with an excuse attached
• When a deadline is at risk, you raise it early. When a file is not ready, you do not ship it and hope no one notices
• You take feedback quickly and apply it to the work, staying focused on outcomes and craft rather than personal preference
• You protect the standard across every surface, because one off-brand asset in one corner of a drop weakens the whole release
• Going above and beyond is not about hours. It is about caring more precisely than the task requires, and designing like every asset is part of how a drop earns belief

Who You Are

• Minimum 12 to 24 months of hands-on experience shipping graphic design across social, web, paid ads, and print, with a portfolio that shows range across formats and visual systems, not just individual pieces
• Proven ability to build distinct visual identities for drops, campaigns, or brands, with work that shows you can create something fresh while keeping the underlying brand rules intact
• Strong production discipline across both print and digital, with correct file preparation, dielines, bleeds, versioning, naming, and export standards that do not need to be checked by someone else
• Fluent in tools like Figma, Adobe Illustrator, and Photoshop, with working knowledge of how to structure files so collaborators and production partners can pick them up cleanly
• Comfortable moving fast with incomplete information, making clear visual decisions and iterating from feedback without losing momentum or quality
• Curious about culture, trends, and references, with enough judgment to know what belongs in the brand language and what does not
• Detail-obsessed in the right way. You catch hierarchy issues, spacing inconsistencies, and off-brand execution before anyone else has to

Build with us. Do not perform for us.